Regardless of the deadlines and hectic holidays, the workforce at massive is ready to come collectively and assist one another out when wanted. 

“I’m beginning to really feel the stress, however I went to my workforce and we problem-solved collectively,” an worker stated. “I believe it’s an ideal alternative for all of us to work collectively to streamline our processes and hand-offs.”

Lesson #2: Holidays are bizarre

No, we’re not speaking about your bizarre aunts and uncles who’ve sturdy opinions about politics on the Thanksgiving dinner desk. 

The way in which holidays work for the 4DWW Problem is that they change the day that an worker would sometimes have for his or her time without work. For instance, since July 4th fell on a Tuesday this yr, everybody took that time without work as a substitute of both Monday or Friday. 

When this occurs, it requires much more shuffling of individuals’s schedules — which may show to be extremely disruptive to workflow, to not point out sucking the wind out of what would usually be a day folks regarded ahead to.

“This week was bizarre with the vacation being on a Tuesday,” one worker wrote. “It was very disjointed and felt like I had two Mondays. Not a fan of the mid-week vacation, it appeared so as to add extra stress than something and I actually didn’t really feel like I had a vacation in any respect.”

“I believe the vacation with its [out of offices] made issues trickier than ordinary,” one other wrote. “When a process entails a number of handoffs, it turns into actually tough. This was a difficulty round holidays earlier than 4DWW, however it simply added another day to juggle round.”

Lesson #3: 4DWW is a strong motivator

4DWW stays an extremely potent motivator even 7 weeks in. Not solely is it serving to staff keep on observe with their duties and initiatives every day, however it’s additionally infusing a way of satisfaction into some folks’s work that they haven’t essentially felt earlier than. 

“The 4-day workweek makes me really feel invaluable. Not simply one other ass in a seat doing work, however somebody who’s made to really feel like their relaxation and stress degree is essential to the corporate,” one worker stated. “That’s an organization I need to work for, and it makes me do even MORE of my finest once I’m working.”

“It’s a motivator to get stuff completed, so that you’re not fascinated with it on the weekend,” one other worker added. 

It is a widespread chorus. Even when there may be a variety of work, the corporate desires to work collectively to verify it’s completed so everybody can get pleasure from their time without work. 

Lesson #4: Time can simply run out